Guyanese driver Calvin Ming for Toyota Racing Series

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From Georgetown in Guyana, which is on the north western
Atlantic coast of South America, the 21-year-old has done most of
his motor racing in the United States and Mexico.

This year he finished fifth in the American Formula 2000 series
scoring four podium finishes and one fastest lap.

Ming won the Nacam FIA Formula 4 Championship held from late in
2016 into this year with 21 races in Texas and Mexico, winning
seven times and scoring another 10 podiums, as well as five fastest
laps and three pole positions.

The previous season - 2015/16 - he had come 11th in the
series.

While not at University at Miramar in Florida, Ming did the 2016
Formula 1600 series in the United States finishing fourth overall
with three wins, 8 podium places, three fastest laps and one pole
position.

Having started karting in 2011 in Guyana, Ming won his national
125 KZ title in 2012 and 2013. By 2014 he was racing in the USA and
in 2015 he did a mixture of karting and single seater events in his
change over to motor racing permanently.

Ming will use the same Tatuus single seater as every other
driver in the series. It is powered by a 1.8 litre Toyota engine
producing about 145 kWs running on an 85 per cent ethanol
bio-fuel.

All cars use the same Michelin tyres, gearbox, suspension and
brakes to provide as close as racing as possible, with driving
skill being the deciding factor.

The five-round, 15 race, Castrol Toyota Racing Series which
concludes with the New Zealand Grand Prix at Manfeild on February
9-11, has three races each weekend on Saturday afternoon and on
Sunday morning and afternoon.